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Foreign reporters dub Israel 'military dictatorship'
Daniel Edelson
Published: 08.01.09, 21:42
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1. Enderlin? The purveyor of the Al-Dura Hoax?
A Nice Fellow ,   Montreal   (01.08.09)
I wonder why that bloodthirsty liar isn't allowed in.
2. IDF's seriously mistaken, should allow reporters...
Flavio ,   Sao Paulo, SP   (01.08.09)
...to enter Gaza at their own peril. It's better to have them on the field, covering the campaign, than to allow Ramattan, Al Jazzeera and palestinian correspondents/photographers (AP, France Press, Reuters etc) to monopolize the coverage and thus sordidly manipulating the public opinion in the West, as they have been doing since the beginning. Western war correspondents are well aware of the dangers inherent to their chosen profession, let's have them reporting - and as a very desirable side effect, let's get back the initial simpathy and understanding some of them surprisingly showed towards Israel, a position that's been undeniably undermined by IDF's refusal of access into Gaza!
3. Why let foreign reporters in to radio IDF troop movements?
Bennie ,   Jerusalem   (01.08.09)
Foreign journalists or spies trying to get information on IDF troop movements and strategy? Letting foreign journalists into Gaza would only risk more IDF casualties.
4. biased foreign journalists!
Mark ,   Hackensack USA   (01.08.09)
This must be the same Enderlin, of France2, who lost the court case over his blatant manipulation of the circumstances in the Dura boy case. Who would let him come in as a "journalist"? He is the enemy, with an agenda from the start.
5. LET THEM WAIT BIZ MOSHIACH!
(01.08.09)
Most of these fp's pushing for vicarious views of the idf in action are really pro-arab propagandists... like the ones from CNN and BBC and CBC and from many other countries all wringing their hands over the 'humanitarian crisis' in gaza and the bombing of that UN mortar firing station... err... 'school'.
6. Serbian fascist prohibited journalists to enter Sarajevo!What the hell Russia?
Bosnian ,   Sarajevo   (01.08.09)
7. DUH!
Gideon Reader   (01.08.09)
Hey Homer, It's a W*A*R zone. The fella that runs it and has responsibility for the lives of the soldiers under his control may think that you Media scum are harmful to the health and well being of his troops, and based on the past performance of the Media; ever ready to expose troops to danger, injury and death for a few slime covered lines, are not worthy to be near "real" heroic men.. Message: Tough Sh_tsky. You dont like it? Find another war.
8. israel is inhumane
masjnoe ,   netherland   (01.08.09)
this parasite is shameless and talks only about jews and doesnot care about nobody but this stupid idea that jewish community is holey that's why nobodt likes isral, israel is a parasite
9. why let in more enemies?
(01.08.09)
They will only play into hamas' hands. KEEP THEM OUT!!!!!!
10. France 2 - voice of al qaeda
Arie ,   BaGolan   (01.08.09)
First they fabricated the "murder of al-Dura" with important parts of their video "mysteriously" disappearing; yesterday they admitted that video of carnage they were showing and representing as an IDF strike was actually video from 2005 when a pali truck bomb exploded prematurely in a gaza residential area killing dozens. Seems they are running out of fiction to promote
11. REALITY CHECK
Arie ,   BaGolan   (01.08.09)
The military controls the battlefield and access. We do understand the left wing media, especially media such as reuters, France 2, and al jazeera wanting to pass information along to hamass and propagandize the war effort for their own anti-Semitic agenda. But we are not obligated to assist their efforts to destroy us.
12. Foreign Propagandists
Brod ,   USA   (01.08.09)
in disguise as journalists who dare to enter such a war zone should be kicked out of Israel. They are Islamist-Jihadist sympathizers and AntiSemites whose sole motivation is to tarnish Israel's image through the media. Where were these idiots when Islamist-Jihadists were raining rocket bombs on Israel?
13. What isnt being mentioned
J K ,   NYC, USA   (01.08.09)
What conveniently escapes the notice of the media is that Egypt too has a border with Gaza. Where, splashed all over the airwaves, do you hear condemnation from the various media outlets that Egypt should be lambasted for not allowing the media into Gaza. The answer: Nowhere. Bias if there ever was bias. The smart people know.
14. keep the antisemitic bastards out..
eg   (01.08.09)
15. reporting from gaza
Jeroen Kesteloot ,   Kortrijk Belgium   (01.08.09)
Perhaps they would like to enter and get shot by Hamas terrorists?
16. KEEP THE REPORTERS ALL OUT
amenotep ,   canada   (01.08.09)
Good! Don't let any of these reporters into Gaza. These, as we know, are totally biased against Israel, and we know the rest of the story. AND, we don't want the story from them!
17. Journalists who are chronic anti-Israeli...
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (01.08.09)
...should not have been granted entry in Israel in the first place. Send them to the Lebanese, Syrian and Iranian peace heavens and ask them to inquire into Syrian and Iranian WMDs. Better yet, let's see what happens when they publish an article unfavorable to the Top Monkey from Teheran. These pathetic sensationalists tread the thin line between anarchy and stupidity and it seems that most of the time they cover both sides of the line. As I said many times: in the past, reporters/journalists were the guarding dogs of democracy. These days they are simply castrated dogs on Islam's leash.
18. We don't need no embedded media! give'em a cookie they r
going 2 want a glass ,   of milk keep'em out!   (01.08.09)
19. #8
Amir ,   USA   (01.08.09)
WTF are you talking about, huh?!!
20. left wing reporters
hd ,   nj   (01.08.09)
we do not need the left wing press to enter gaza there report is all ways slanted to the left and they love the arabs and they are all jew haters so for that we need not let them in
21. #8
mark ,   ca   (01.08.09)
1.Stop smoking pot. 2.Learn English. 3.Start to care about your country.
22. Dont let them in! Let enemies bark to the Moon!
John ,   USA   (01.08.09)
23. The whole world is wrong!
Dave Wilson ,   usa   (01.08.09)
Only the Israeli military is right. What a bunch of idiotic commanders of a less than idiotic army.
24. #8 masjnoe
Dave Wilson ,   usa   (01.08.09)
Please dont compare Israel to a "parasite", you will be demeaning parasites.
25. TO #8 masjnoe
David ,   USA / Israel   (01.08.09)
So why are you hanging around here for ? You must be as stupid as your Netherland country. Go away.....
26. Charles Enderlin? The peddler of the al-Dura lie?
Jake   (01.08.09)
How is it that he wasn't handed a pink slip by France 2, 5 years ago? He would be able to start a wonderful new career as a Pally-, I mean Hollywood script writer. His remarks seem to get only more and more interesting: "He compared the Gaza to Sarajevo, where he claimed Russia prohibited journalists from covering the battles." Where would the World Mediocracy be without the looming Russian bear and the Israeli bogey? Gee, they might have to cover the more mundane boring world events - you know, the little details in Darfur, Congo, Zimbabwe, Somalia, the jungles of Columbia, Waziristan and the ever-expanding realm of the Taliban. But who wants to know about those? An old Charlie Sheen movie called 'The Chase' gives a good example about the way the media operates.
27. Throw them out of the country pronto!
aL   (01.08.09)
This is war and we dont need an audience. To hell with them and public opinion. It doesnt matter much..Israel has to live all the rest of the drei kops and anti-semites can goto hell.
28. #9
Dave Wilson ,   usa   (01.08.09)
Your post says "why let in more enemies?". The reason is simple, you dont want the free press to uncover Israeli lies about Hamas firing from the U.N school. You dont want the free press to reveal to the whole world the genocide thats going on in Gaza. Hitler would not allow the press to reveal his crimes too. I see you learned very well from your master.
29. What? Charlie Scoopy doesn't consider Talal Abu Rahme
France Too ,   Paris, FRANCE   (01.08.09)
reliable enough? Now, that's news! Oh, I just recall, Talal stated he was a Fatah supporter. So I guess he's not adjusted swiftly enough to the Hamas Gaza Califate rules. Gee, how fortunate we are to have Enderlin!
30. Boycott ABC News
Ezra ,   US of A   (01.08.09)
Mcgregor is patently one sided in his reporting. He should get a job reporting for Al-Jazeera. Looks like the spirit of Jennings is alive and well @ ABC
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